Sarian Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Hey, I've been having some troubles with my memory. Right now, i have 2x 512mb PC3200 XMS series RAM and 'ive been having some stability issues lately. Randomly, the computer would restart or I would get a error saying "Memory cannot be read at (location)" so immediatly i thought something was wrong. So, i went and pulled the second stick of ram and continued using the computer. All the problems went away! It was rock solid for 2 days straight. I ran memtest... no errors! Great! Then i took out the first stick and put the second one in. I began getting crashes and the same errors as before to the point where using the computer was almost impossible. I gave memtest a shot and within 10 seconds I was getting errors. In only 14 minutes of running memtest, I reached a massive 1,000,000 errors still climbing at about 2,000 errors a second. Big problem. Think this is worthy of a RMA? System Specs: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Abit NF7 mobo 2x Coarsair XMS 512mb PC3200 WD 80gb hdd Geforce FX5600 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted June 13, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted June 13, 2005 Can you tell me our modules part# (How To Read the Memory Label) and the bios settings you have set for both CPU and memory and any performance settings that you may have set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarian Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 Can you tell me our modules part# (How To Read the Memory Label) and the bios settings you have set for both CPU and memory and any performance settings that you may have set? Part number: CMX512-3200C2 CPU Settings: Speed: Stock FSB/DRAM Ratio: 5/5 (333mhz) CPU Voltage: 1.675v RAM Voltage: 2.6v Memory Timings: 3-3-3-7 AGP Aperture Size: 128m Everything else is the default value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted June 13, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted June 13, 2005 Please set the timings to Cass 2.5-3-3-6 and test the modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org and I would set the Dim Voltage to 2.7 Volts as well. If you do find one failing then lets get it or them replaced. Please follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it! However; if you get errors with both modules, that would suggest some other problem. And I would try testing the memory in another system to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarian Posted June 14, 2005 Author Share Posted June 14, 2005 Please set the timings to Cass 2.5-3-3-6 and test the modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org and I would set the Dim Voltage to 2.7 Volts as well. If you do find one failing then lets get it or them replaced. Please follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it! However; if you get errors with both modules, that would suggest some other problem. And I would try testing the memory in another system to be sure. All right, i set the voltage to 2.7v and the timings to 2.5-3-3-6 and tested the one module with memtest. As soon as i get into it, im getting errors. Over 20,000 within the first 10 seconds and the number contiuning to rise at about 2,000 errors per second steadily. I tested the second module with memtest and it seems to be fine. No errors after running it for a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted June 14, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted June 14, 2005 Lets get them replaced. lease follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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